Dark Pools: Setting the Record Straight on Operational Transparency
3/26/2013Despite spin to the contrary, detailed information is available on dark pools. Sources matter.
Profile of Matt Samelson
Principal at Woodbine Associates, Inc. Member Since: 5/8/2014Author
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Matt Samelson is a Principal at Woodbine Associates, Inc. focusing on strategic, business, regulatory, market structure and technology issues that impact firms active in and supporting the global equity markets. He brings to the firm a wealth of experience in U.S. and international equity sales and trading, quantitative analysis, consulting, and research. Mr. Samelson has interacted extensively with the media. He has appeared on CNBC and been quoted in a range of major publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, Business Week and CNBC Market Watch. He has also been quoted in various trade publications, including Institutional Investor, Trader Magazine, Advanced Trading, Wall Street & Technology, Wall Street Letter, Trading Technology Week, and Securities Industry News.
Articles by Matt Samelson
Despite spin to the contrary, detailed information is available on dark pools. Sources matter.
HFT Has Run Its Course In The U.S. Equity Market
3/18/2013High-frequency trading has blown through the business life cycle stages in five short years and is already on the decline.
Data Opportunities: The Concepts Don't Change Over Time
2/28/2013Data volumes are growing and the technology is better, but the fundamental principles of data analysis remain the same.
Finally the Right Time for Swap Futures
2/27/2013While swap futures in the past have not gained traction, the market environment today is ripe, as there is impetus for firms to adopt risk-equivalent, low-cost alternatives to cleared swaps.
How Brokers Can Survive in Mature Markets
2/29/2012Pipeline Trading: Rise Like a Phoenix or Burn to the Ground?
11/21/2011Why Banks Don't Listen to their Risk Managers -- and Risk Losing Billions
9/21/2011While details are thin, the announcement last week of an unprecedented $2 billion equity trading loss by UBS in London, and the arrest on criminal fraud charges of the alleged 31-year-old rogue trader have attracted global attention.
Global Market Volatility Comes as No Surprise
8/17/2011Most conversations about the financial markets last week centered largely on the "extreme" market activity taking place.
Will Dodd-Frank Be DOA With GOP Congress? Don’t Bet on It
12/16/2010Dodd-Frank, and particularly the Volcker Rule, are just as much alive as they day the Act was signed into law and we expect it will have some "teeth" in efforts to curtail systemic risk.
How to Select an EMS
11/19/2010Execution management solution providers are working to enhance and differentiate their offerings. But integrating order management functionality isn't among their top priorities, according to recent research from Woodbine Associates.
Reform in the Capital Markets: How We Would Do It.
4/13/2010With current regulatory reform efforts likely to follow the path of many past actions and result in compromised solutions that don't achieve targeted ends and have a host of unanticipated side effects, we outline what changes we would make.
Traders Value Exchange Executions Over ECNs
12/18/2008
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